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Old 11-22-2011, 06:01 PM
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Default Always Room for Jello!! And More Weight!!

I have been looking for for a month for wheel weights for my QL 1000, SW Virginia ain't Central PA. No luck finding weights.

Saturday I was putting the sleeve hitch on my "new" 1000 and noticed there is some wasted space between the frame and the fenders.


I went to the shop today (20 miles from the Cub) and noticed I had a "drop" of 3/4" x10" steel bar. I thought , what the heck, that might make a weight.

From my memory and what was left of that drop I cut some weights.

I put the part in the torch and did a quick program to cut two parts out of each drop I had.

The torch moves to the start position and preheats.

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After 15 seconds, the oxygen comes on, the torch starts cutting 20 inches per minute.

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Cutting in the second direction, the parts fall off.

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The finished parts ready to drill mounting holes.

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